Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the hole which he made.

King James Version

He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Holman Bible

He dug a pit and hollowed it out
but fell into the hole he had made.

International Standard Version

He digs a pit, even excavates it; then he fell into the hole that he had made.

A Conservative Version

He has made a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

American Standard Version

He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Amplified


He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].

Bible in Basic English

He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made

Darby Translation

He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.

Julia Smith Translation

He dug a pit, and he will dig it out, and he will fall into the pitfall he will make.

King James 2000

He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch which he made.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He makes a pit and digs it out, then falls in [the] trap he has made.

Modern King James verseion

He dug a pit and bored it, and has fallen into the ditch which he made.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He hath graven and dug up a pit, and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for others.

NET Bible

he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.

New Heart English Bible

He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

The Emphasized Bible

A pit, he cut out, and digged it, and then fell into the ditch he had made:

Webster

He made a pit, and digged it, and hath fallen into the ditch which he made.

World English Bible

He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

Youngs Literal Translation

A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.

References

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Context Readings

Prayer For Justice

14 Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies. 15 He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the hole which he made.
16 His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.

Cross References

Job 4:8

As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.

Psalm 119:85

The insolent have dug pitfalls for me; they do not live according to your law.

Proverbs 26:27

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.

Esther 7:10

And the king said, "Hang him on that."So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated.

Job 6:27

You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.

Psalm 9:15-16

The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.

Psalm 10:2

In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.

Psalm 35:7-8

For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.

Psalm 57:6

They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah

Psalm 94:13

to give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

Psalm 140:9-10

As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!

Psalm 141:10

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely.

Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.

Ecclesiastes 10:8-9

He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.

Jeremiah 18:20

Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for my life. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

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